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Fijians visiting Australia killed in car crash

Wed Dec 26 18:01:09 EST 2012

A single car accident on Boxing Day has killed a husband and wife visiting from Fiji and left a Canberra teenager in a critical condition.

At 6:55am (local time) the couple aged in their 70s were travelling in a four wheel drive with five other people when the car rolled on the Hume Highway near the town of Holbrook, in south west New South Wales.

The five other passengers were all from the one Canberra family.

A 14-year-old boy has been flown to Canberra Hospital in a critical condition.

A 67-year-old woman from Chisholm, in Canberra's south, was taken to Royal Melbourne hospital with possible spinal injuries.

The 44-year-old male driver, his 45-year-old wife and her 40-year-old sister escaped with minor injuries.

All southbound lanes of the Hume Highway have now reopened.

NSW Police are investigating the cause of the crash and are appealing for witnesses.